Bellapart group

Bellapart group is a family-owned Spanish engineering, manufacturing and construction company headquartered in Catalonia, with a history dating back to 1939. It designs, engineers, manufactures and builds innovative and complex architectural solutions, with deep expertise in glass, lightweight structures, façades, composites and high-tech materials. The company describes itself as specialising in bespoke steel and glass structures, façades, domes, safe entrances and complex building envelopes, and positions its work around the idea of "beautiful, sustainable and safe solutions for innovative architecture." The business began in the late 1930s when Joan Bellapart i Vidal set up a small workshop in Olot, roughly 100 km from Barcelona, building and repairing machinery for the city's knitwear factories. Over the following decades the firm expanded into locksmithing, furniture and increasingly ambitious metalwork, eventually moving into architectural structures. Family ownership has been maintained across four generations, and the company states that it has been "working together since 1939." Today Bellapart operates internationally, with subsidiaries established in the United Kingdom, the United States and France, and project experience across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and beyond. Its client base includes corporate customers, architects and designers, engineers and main contractors. Notable referenced projects include the L'Oréal building at 14 Rue Royale in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris, the Benetti FB272 Luminosity yacht in Lucca, the Bombay Sapphire Distillery in Hampshire, the Tour Eiffel in Paris and The Berkeley Hotel in London. The company also operates a flagship store on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Bellapart presents itself as a high-end, premium partner for luxury and high-tech brands, offering added value through adaptability and customisation. It reports employing over 70 workers of 10 different nationalities, with in-house engineering and laboratory capabilities. Its stated mission is "making the human impression to our world beautiful, sustainable and safe," and its vision centres on sustainable value, a winning culture and long-term, transparent relationships with leading clients worldwide.

Bellapart's origins lie in the late 1930s, during the Spanish Civil War. Around 1936–1939, Mr. Joan Bellapart i Vidal established a small shop in Olot, a city about 100 km from Barcelona, building and repairing machinery for the local knitwear factories. Because repairing and polishing this type of machinery required highly qualified staff, he gained a reputation for having the best operators in the area. In 1942 the company began to expand beyond maintenance work for knit factories, adding locksmith and furniture jobs, and it moved to a bigger factory. In 1949, creativity and passion led to further expansion, driven by Mr. Roc Arbós i Colom, described as a very creative artist and mechanic who married Mr. Bellapart's daughter. The company's official timeline lists key years including 1939, 1942, 1949, 1973, 1982, 1988, 2000, 2011 and 2018, marking successive phases of growth and evolution. Over the decades Bellapart shifted from general metalwork and machinery into the design and construction of complex architectural solutions. The company states that it has been "working together since 1939" and that family ownership is still maintained by its fourth generation. Its headquarters remain in Catalonia, and over the years it established subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, the United States and France. By the 2000s and 2010s Bellapart had become a leading company in the design and building engineering, manufacturing and construction of innovative and complex architectural solutions, with deep knowledge of glass, lightweight structures, composites and high-tech materials. Its portfolio came to include bespoke steel and glass structures, façades, domes, safe entrances and complex building envelopes, and it developed service lines such as Building Beyond Standards, Ground Floor Solutions, Rooftop Solutions and Global Preservation Services. Referenced projects include the L'Oréal building at 14 Rue Royale in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris, the Benetti FB272 Luminosity yacht in Lucca, the Bombay Sapphire Distillery in Hampshire, the Tour Eiffel in Paris and The Berkeley Hotel in London. The company also operates a flagship store on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Today Bellapart describes itself as a family-owned company with more than 80 years of business activity, employing over 70 workers of 10 different nationalities, with in-house engineering and laboratory capabilities, and a presence in numerous markets across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia.

• 1973

  A key year listed in the company's official timeline.

• 1949

  Further expansion driven by Roc Arbós i Colom, a creative artist and mechanic who married into the Bellapart family.

• 1942

  The company expands into locksmith and furniture work and moves to a bigger factory.

• 1939

  Joan Bellapart i Vidal establishes a small machinery workshop in Olot during the Spanish Civil War.

High-end, premium engineering and construction partner for luxury and high-tech brands, offering bespoke, adaptable and customised architectural solutions.

• Bespoke steel and glass structures

• Façades

• Domes

• Safe entrances

• Complex building envelopes

• Ground Floor Solutions

• Rooftop Solutions

• Global Preservation Services

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